7 Hours to a Decluttered Home

1 hour + 7 days = a Decluttered Home

Really. It only takes a little bit of time to truly declutter your home and believe me, it is SO worth it! One of the things I love is having a clean, organized and decluttered home! I will admit sometimes I am a bit of a pack-rat, and so are my children. But a few times a year we go through our home and purge it so that it is truly decluttered and junk-free! And it feels so good when it is done!

But sometimes, purging feels overwhelming. Sometimes it feels like you don’t have enough time or energy to complete it. So today I am breaking it down for you so that you can truly declutter your whole home in about an hour a day, for only seven days! Really! And in a week, you will have a home that is clear of clutter, clear of excess and only filled with things that are useful or special.

If you follow this to have a decluttered home, your home will NOT look like this…

Promise! Unless you get so wrapped up in decluttering that you forget to clean…but please don’t do that! Please oh please don’t do that! Ha!

Anyway…

I have taught classes before on how to purge and declutter and it all really breaks down to a few simple rules.

Yes, there are popular books about decluttering out right now like this one here(I haven’t read it but have heard good things about it. Oh and that’s an affiliate link.) But really, it all comes down to the same basic principles that I have been helping others with for years! So keep reading to learn more about how to truly declutter your home in about a week!

The 5 Rules to Decluttering a Home

If you haven’t used it in the last year, donate or toss it.

If you don’t love it, donate or toss it.

If it doesn’t have sentimental value to you and you don’t use or love it, donate or toss it.

If it has sentimental value, even if you don’t love it or you haven’t used it, you can keep it. IF you have a place to put it.

Everything. EVERYTHING. Needs to have a home. A place. If it doesn’t have a home, find a home or donate or toss it.

That’s it. Those are the rules! It’s that simple!

So today I am sharing this really cute decluttering printable! It tells you exactly what to do every day for 7 days to truly declutter your home! In every space you go through, keep the 5 Rules to Decluttering a Home in mind.

As you are going through the spaces, I like to have 3 bins (or bags) handy.

The 3 Bins to Have While Decluttering

To Donate

To Throw Away

To Think About

Everything else you encounter that you plan to keep gets put in it’s home right away.

These bins are fairly self explanatory. The donate bin is for things you will donate to your local donation store. Things to throw away are things that are not in good enough condition to donate.

But the “to think about” bin…this is the bin where you put the things that you aren’t quite sure if you are ready to part with. Purging is hard! Psychologically we are attached to our stuff, and sometimes it is really hard to get rid of things even if they don’t have sentimental value. That is why you need a “think about it” bin.

My rule is this, you can have on bin of items to think about. Close the bin and put it in the garage or the back of a closet. In 6 months if you haven’t used it or missed it, just go ahead and toss the entire bin! I promise you won’t even know it’s gone!

Ok. So. To recap. In order to begin decluttering your home you need:

1 hour +/- every day for 7 days

3 bins

The 5 rules to decluttering your home

My Printable

See, it’s really pretty easy!

Every day, follow my printable and work on decluttering the stated rooms in your home. Some rooms will be fast, but others may take a bit longer. If you work quickly, you should be able to go through every room in your home in 1 hour or less, but be prepared for some rooms to possibly take a little bit longer (like my garage for example!). But that’s ok because other rooms (like my living room) will only take 10 minutes in my home.

And isn’t it just the cutest printable every? Courtney from Paperelli joined forces with me to put my ideas in a beautiful checklist format for you to easily use and to help you have a decluttered home in no time! And I just love how it turned out!

And did I mention, I am participating in a HUGE Ultimate Cleaning and Organizing Resource extravaganza this week! Woot woot! Click on the links below to get all the tips you need for a clean and organized home! These are some of the best ideas out there, you won’t want to miss any of them!

Looks great! Thanks for sharing this at Motivation Monday on Mom Home Guide! Decluttering is my no 1 priority in 2016! I really need to declutter my master bedroom closet — I can’t even put the clothes I wear away because there is too much stuff in there!

Ok this printable is perfect for me! I’ve been trying to declutter but I do so much better when I have a plan so I’m printing this off and following it! And a bonus we already decluttered our attic so one day down! Thank you for linking up to The Wednesday Round Up and we hope to see you back next week!!

My husband and I were JUST talking about how we need to declutter the house. We had a baby in September and had no idea how much stuff they came with. Our once “big’ apartment got extremely small really quickly. We’re starting this on Monday. Thank you so much for the printable and the tips!

Stopping by from The Wednesday Roundup. I’m sharing on my fb, pinterest, and stumbleupon accounts! Thank you for linking up with us!

AHH, LOVE this printable! Thank you so much, I can’t wait to de-clutter! Thanks so much for all of the other resources as well, there’s so much good info, and now I’m feeling extra motivated to clean, which doesn’t happen very much. 😉

I know 7 hours is not enough for me. The proof is: I have spent countless hours over the last 2 years already, and still knee deep in clutter! But I’m gonna check out your printable. Thank you! Inspire Me Monday

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